The Scar That Opened the Door

In 2018, a trauma surgeon named Dr. Liz Scarlett gave a talk at a medical conference in Nashville. She rolled up her sleeve and showed the audience a long scar running from her wrist to her elbow — the result of a car accident when she was nineteen. She told them that for years she hid it under long sleeves, ashamed of what it represented: a season of reckless living she wanted to forget.…